Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 20

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किंचित्करोति सः ॥४-२०॥

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ ।

karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiṃcitkaroti saḥ ॥4-20॥

Having abandoned attachment to the fruits of action, always satisfied, [and] not dependent. Indeed, even proceeding in action, that one does not do anything.


Word-for-word translations

tyaktvā (gerund) (indeclinable) = having abandoned

karmaphalāsaṅgam (karma + phala + āsaṅgam) (compound) (masculine, accusative, singular) = attachment to the fruits of action

nitya (adverb) (indeclinable) = always

tṛptas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = satisfied

nirāśrayas (masculine, nominative, singular) = not dependent 


karmaṇi (neuter, locative, singular) = in action

abhipravṛttas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = proceeding 

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed 

kiṃcid (adverb) (indeclinable) = anything

karoti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = that one does 

sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that one

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